The Orange Cap is awarded to the highest run-getter of each season in the IPL – here’s the list of previous winners, along with details of the award.
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IPL 2021 Orange Cap
Shikhar Dhawan – 85 runs
Prithvi Shaw – 72 runs
Suresh Raina – 54 runs
Chris Lynn – 49 runs
AB de Villiers – 48 runs
Glenn Maxwell – 39 runs
Moeen Ali – 36 runs
Sam Curran – 34 runs
Virat Kohli – 33 runs
Suryakumar Yadav – 31 runs
You can check the IPL 2021 points table here.
What is an Orange Cap?
The IPL awards the Orange Cap each season to the highest run-getter of the season. The list of runs are updated after every game. The player who is at the top of the run charts wears a symbolic orange-coloured cap when they are on the field.
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In case there is a tie, the batsman with a superior run-rate is awarded the cap.
List of past IPL Orange Cap winners
Year Winners (Player) Runs
2020 KL Rahul (KXIP) 670
2019 David Warner (SRH) 692
2018 Kane Williamson (SRH) 735
2017 David Warner (SRH) 641
2016 Virat Kohli (RCB) 973
2015 David Warner (SRH) 562
2014 Robin Uthappa (KKR) 660
2013 Michael Hussey (CSK) 733
2012 Chris Gayle (RCB) 733
2011 Chris Gayle (RCB) 608
2010 Sachin Tendulkar (MI) 618
2009 Matthew Hayden (CSK) 572
2008 Shaun Marsh (KXIP) 616
History of Orange Cap winners
The first Orange Cap winner was Australia’s Shaun Marsh, who scored 616 runs @ 68.44 for Kings XI Punjab, hitting one century and five fifties in the competition. The record for the most runs in a single season belongs to Virat Kohli, who scored 973 runs @ 81.08, with as many as four tons to his name.
What happened in 2020?
KL Rahul finished at the top of the pile last year, scoring 670 runs @ 55.83 (strike-rate 129.34) in IPL 2020. He was followed on the list by Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 618 runs.
Currently, Virat Kohli leads the all-time run-getters list and is just 124 runs short of reaching 6,000 runs.
